Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the lung in a child |
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Authors: | M Nistal J A Jimenez-Heffernan D Hardisson J M Viguer J Bueno P Garcia-Miguel |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Anatomia Patologica, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, E-28046-Madrid, Spain, ES;(2) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ES;(3) Department of Paediatric Oncology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ES |
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Abstract: | We describe a 12-year-old patient with a primary pulmonary mass in the left upper lung. The diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumour
was suspected preoperatively. After pathological examination and complete clinical evaluation, a diagnosis of malignant primary
pulmonary fibrous histiocytoma was established. This is a very uncommon primary neoplasm of the lung and to our knoweledge
only five paediatric cases have been reported. Because of the rarity of these sarcomas and histological similarities to benign
inflammatory pseudotumour, care must be taken to avoid confusion between the two disorders particularly in intra-operative
frozen sections.
Conclusion Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the lung is an uncommon tumour that should be considered in the differential diagnosis
of pulmonary neoplasms of childhood. The histological diagnosis can be difficult due to the similarities with␣inflammatory
pseudotumour.
Received: 29 May 1996 / Accepted: 21 July 1996 |
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Keywords: | Child Inflammatory pseudotumour Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Pulmonary neoplasms |
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